remake

See also: Remake

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remake

From re- + make.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rēmāk', IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈmeɪk/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈmeɪk/

  • Audio (General American):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -eɪk
• Noun:
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rē'māk, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːmeɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiˌmeɪk/
  • Rhymes: -iːmeɪk
• Hyphenation: re‧make

Verb

remake (third-person singular simple present remakes, present participle remaking, simple past and past participle remade)

1. (transitive) To make again.

   Synonyms: re-create, redo

   You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.

2. (transitive) To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).

   Hyponyms: demake, reboot

   The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

   • 1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:

     Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […] .

   • 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:

     In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics.

Derived terms

• remakable
• remaker
• reremake

Translations

to make again

• Bulgarian: преправям (bg) (prepravjam)
• Esperanto: refari, refarigi
• Finnish: tehdä uudelleen
• French: refaire (fr)
• Italian: rifare (it)
• Macedonian: пре́прави (prépravi)
• Portuguese: refazer (pt)
• Russian: де́лать за́ново (délatʹ zánovo), (again and differently) переде́лывать (ru) (peredélyvatʹ)
• Spanish: rehacer (es)

to make an enhanced remake of

• Hungarian: új verzióban elkészít

Noun

remake (plural remakes)

1. A new version of something.

   Synonyms: reboot, re-creation

2. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

   Hyponyms: demake, reboot, cover version

   I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.

   • 2012 August 24, John Patterson, “Total Recall—a remake to forget”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2026:

     The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company. The first words that appear on screen are “Original Film”.

   • 2020 August 1, Imad Khan, “Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 February 2026:

     Like Hollywood remakes or remasters old movies, video game publishers are overhauling and rereleasing games to tap into ready-made fan bases for popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and World of Warcraft.

   • 2022 March 18, Adrian Horton, “Cheaper by the Dozen review – breezy Disney remake of family comedy”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2026:

     The family film is the remake of a remake – the 2022 version puts a new spin on the 2003 movie of the same name, which updated the 1950 movie based on the semi-autobiographical novel by siblings Frank Butler Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Derived terms

• threemake

Translations

new version of something — see also adaptation

• Bulgarian: преработка (bg) f (prerabotka)
• Finnish: uusi versio, uusintaversio
• French: copie (fr) f, remake (fr) m
• Hungarian: új verzió, feldolgozás (hu)
• Macedonian: прера́ботка f (prerábotka)
• Russian: перерабо́тка (ru) f (pererabótka)
• Spanish: nueva versión f, versión nueva f, remake (es) m or f, rehacimiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: переро́бка f (pereróbka)

new version of film

• Bulgarian: риме́йк m (riméjk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重製 / 重制 (zh) (chóngzhì), 重置 (zh) (chóngzhì) (proscribed)

• Czech: remake (cs) m
• Dutch: remake (nl)
• Esperanto: refilmado
• Finnish: uusintaversio, uusi versio, uudelleenfilmatisointi (fi)
• French: remake (fr) m, reprise (fr) f
• German: Remake (de) n, Neuverfilmung f
• Greek: ριμέικ (el) n (riméik)
• Italian: remake (it) m
• Japanese: リメイク (ja) (rimeiku)
• Korean: 리메이크 (rimeikeu)
• Macedonian: ри́мејк m (rímejk), прера́ботка f (prerábotka)
• Marathi: रीमेक m (rīmek)
• Polish: remake (pl) m
• Portuguese: remake m, refilmagem f
• Russian: риме́йк m (rimɛ́jk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: римејк m

  Latin: rimejk (sh) m, remake (sh) m

• Swedish: nyinspelning c

Anagrams

• Kareem, Markee, markee

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remakeubor.

Czech remake

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɪmɛjk]
• Hyphenation: re‧make

Noun

remake m inan

1. remake (of a film)

Declension

Declension of remake (velar masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	remake	remaky
genitive	remaku	remaků
dative	remaku	remakům
accusative	remake	remaky
vocative	remaku	remaky
locative	remaku	remacích
instrumental	remakem	remaky

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧make

Noun

remake m (plural remakes, diminutive remakeje n)

1. remake (of a film)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.mɛk/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

1. (film) remake
   • 2022 April 23, Patrick Roger, “Présidentielle 2022 : les clés de lecture avant le second tour entre Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen”, in Le Monde‎^[4], Paris: Société éditrice du Monde, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 August 2024:

     Le duel qui se rejoue dimanche 24 avril entre les deux finalistes du scrutin de 2017 ne saurait être un simple remake.

     The rematch between the two finalists in the 2017 election that will take place on Sunday 24 April cannot be a simple repeat of last time.

Further reading

• “remake”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈmejk/, /riˈmɛjk/, /reˈmejk/, /reˈmɛjk/
• Rhymes: -ejk, -ɛjk

Noun

remake m

1. remake (of a film)

Further reading

• “remake”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remakeubor.

Polish remake

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈmɛjk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛjk
• Syllabification: re‧make

Noun

remake m inan

1. remake (new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.)

   Coordinate term: reboot

Declension

Declension of remake

	singular	plural
nominative	remake	remaki
genitive	remake'u	remake'ów
dative	remake'owi	remake'om
accusative	remake	remaki
instrumental	remakiem	remake'ami
locative	remake'u	remake'ach
vocative	remake'u	remaki

Further reading

• “remake”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “remake”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)
• remake in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remakeubor.

Portuguese remake

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmej.ki/ [hiˈmeɪ̯.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmej.ki/ [hiˈmeɪ̯.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmej.ki/ [χiˈmeɪ̯.ki]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmɐj.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmɐj.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmej.kɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmej.kɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈme.kɨ/

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

1. remake (new version of a production, such as a film or a videogame)

Further reading

• “remake”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remakeubor.

Romanian remake

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Noun

remake n (plural remake-uri)

1. remake (about a film)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	remake	remakeul	remake-uri	remake-urile
genitive-dative	remake	remakeului	remake-uri	remake-urilor
vocative	remakeule		remake-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Germanic *makaz

Proto-West Germanic *mak

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-West Germanic *-ōn

Proto-West Germanic *makōn?

Old English macian

Middle English maken

English make

English remakeubor.

Spanish remake

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimeik/ [ˈri.mei̯k]
• Rhymes: -imeik

Noun

remake m or f same meaning (plural remakes)

1. remake

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “remake”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “remake”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• “remake”, in Diccionario del estudiante [Student Dictionary] (in Spanish), third edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2016
• “versión o adaptación, alternativas a remake”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE [Agency EFE]; Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 19 July 2019

• FundéuRAE (19 July 2019), “remake”, in X (formerly Twitter), X Corp.